Improvement in combined cotton-seed planter and fertilizer-distributer



'Wg M. McLENDO-N.

` Y Planter andFertiizer. No. 103,061 y Patented May17,1870.

To all whom it may concern:

l a part of this specification.

` G, the blade; andv Y 1) D, the handles of a plow,

tween therlower ends.

` purpose of steadying the plow,`and alsoto pack the 'furrow for the reception of the-seed or fertilizer.

v eled wheel.

shown in iig. 2, the shaft I" passing through their center.

the space or gutter between "them larger or smaller, so as to sow more or less seed, at. Vthe option of the winnie M. MCLENDon'or cREENviLLE, GEORGIA.

Lettcrs'Patent N o. 103,067, dated May 17, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT INCQMBINED corren-SEED PLANTER AND FBRTILIzE-DISTRIBUTER.

The`-Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 4of the same `Be it known thatI, WILLIS M. MoLnNDoN, ofGreenville, in the county of lideriwetheil and in the State of Y Georgia,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cotton-Seed Planter and Ferf tilizer-Distributer; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, mak- 'The nature of umy invention consists Vin the c0u` struction and arrangement of a cotton-seed planter and fertilizer-distributer,-as will be hereinafter fully set forth. Y

In order to enable others skilledin the .art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and opl eration-,referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my entire machine, and r Figure 2 is a cross-section through the seed or fer-y tilizerreceptacle. "A represents the beam t B, the shank;

constructed in any of l the known and `usual ways.

To the plow-Shank B and beam A are attached two adjustable arms E E, which extend downward in rear `of the plow-shank, andhavea wheel, G, `-pivoted be- The pei-iphery-ofthis wheel is beveled from the een: ter inward toward the sides. and answers the double dirt iu the furrowvmade bythe plow, preparing the `It will be observed that the wheel G follows immediately behind the plow, so that the dirt raised by the plow-blade has not time to fallback again into the furrow, but is immediately packed down vby the 'bev- From the connecting-rod, between the two handles D D, descend'two arms, Hv H, in the lowerends of which a shaft, I,' has its bearings.

On this Ishaft `is placed the seed-receptacle, formed of two pan's haped-pieces,`J J, facing each other, as

` The pan J is firmly securedhto the shaft, while the other pan J is adjustable on the same, so as to regulate the distance between their`inner edges, making operator. A cross-banc, is secured through or across theinside of the pand', and said bar' is, by la screw, b, fastlspring-bar, K, into the space or gutter between the pans J J', for the-purpose of cleaning the gutterfif it should become'clogged up by the seed. 1t also auswers the purpose of an agitator.

In the pan J is a door, L, for the purpose of admitting lthe seed, and alsoI to gain access to the screw b. Y

`Above the arms EE, on the plow-stock B, are piroted two other arms,MM, one on each side, the outer or lower ends of said pivoted arms having the coverer N attached to them. This coverer follows immediately in rear of the wheel J J covering up the seed. The wheel J J obtains its.' motion by means of a belt, e', connecting a pulley, O, on the same shaft on l which the wheel G is placed, witha pulley, P, formed on the pan J or on the shaft I.

The -wheel J J", having the desired amount of seed placed in` it, andthe machine being in mot-ion, the wheel revolves anddistributes the'seed in a regular, even stream inthe middle of -the furrow, and is then covered by the coverer N. i

Fertilizer may be distributed with thesam'e ma chine, which may be-attached to any plow.

When it is used asa fertilizer-distributer, the arms M M, with the coverer N, are removed by merely taking out the boltpivoting said arms to theplowstock. Having thus fully described my invention,

. Vhat I claim as new, and desire "to secure by LetA ters Patent, is

1. The adjustable arms E, with the beveled wheel G following immediately in rear of the plow, substan'tially-as and for the purposeshereiu set forth.

2. The pan J', provided with cross-bar a and screw b, substantially and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The combination of the beveled wheel G, seed or fertilizer-receptacleJ J spring bar K, and ooverer N, all constructed and arranged to operate substan? tiallyin the manner and for the purposes herein set forth. t fIn .testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of April, 1870.`

' WILLIS M. M CLENDON. Witnesses: 

